Red Action (Croatia)
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Red Action / Red Initiative ( sh, Crvena akcija / Crvena inicijativa) is a Communism, communist political organization active in Croatia (initially as Red Action) and Serbia (initially as Red Initiative). As a self-proclaimed Anti-imperialism, anti-imperialist organization, it strongly opposes the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and is known for attacking NATO symbols with red paint. It also considers the European Union to be an instrument for Western European imperialism and Exploitation of labour, exploitation of Eastern Europe, along with the rest of the world.


History

During the Gaza War (2008–09), 2009 Israel-Gaza conflict, Red Action organized a protest of solidarity with Palestinians together with the Islam in Croatia, Muslim community in Zagreb. It supports LGBT rights by country or territory, LGBT rights and is an active participant in Zagreb Pride events. Red Action attends workers' protests and is highly critical of trade union officials. This organization was an active participant in the 2009 student protests in Croatia and was described by the media as one of key organizers during the 2011 anti-government protests in Croatia. Internationally, Red Action supports guerrilla movements such as the FARC, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the Kurdistan Workers' Party, and the Naxalites. They also supported the 2008 Greek riots and have participated in protests of solidarity with Anarchism in Serbia, Serbian anarchists accused of attacking Belgrade's Greek embassy during an anti-NATO protest in 2011. In 2020, Red Action merged with the Serbian organisation Red Initiative () to form Red Action/Red Initiative ().


See also

*Croatian Labourists – Labour Party *Party of Labour (Serbia)


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* {{Official website (Serbo-Croatian / English) 2002 establishments in Serbia 2008 establishments in Croatia Anti-revisionist organizations Communist parties in Croatia Communist parties in Serbia Eurosceptic parties in Croatia Eurosceptic parties in Serbia Far-left political parties